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omnia sessilia, raridentata vel integerrima, coriacea, reti 

 venarum transversali instructa, utrinque glabra, supra valde 

 nitida, glandulis microscopicis orbiculari-subscutatis foveolis 

 immersis crebris obsita, punctis pellucidis raris parvisque nee 

 non subtus reti utriculorum laticiferorum obscuro instructa, 

 staurenchymate fibris percurso, epidermide non mucigera e 

 cellulis margine valde sinuatis exstructa; petiolus communis 

 nudus, rhachis certe superne latius angustiusve alata; stipulae 

 magnae, latiores, concavae, semi-amplexicaules; thyrsi solitarii 

 vel paniculatim congesti, robusti, cincinnis sessilibus contractis; 

 bracteae bracteolaeque conspicuae; flores sat magni, sepalis 

 tomentellis, 3. et5. apice tantum discretis; capsula subglobosa, 

 in stipitem abrupte contracta, extus velutino-tomentella, intus 

 pubescens; semen (immaturum tantum suppetebat) totum praeter 

 aream dorsalem parvam ovatam arillo obtectum. 



Paullinia ingifolia „ Richard" ed. Juss. in Ann. Mus. 

 d'Hist. nat. IV (1804) p. 349, n.20! (Hb.Rich., nunc Franquev.) ; 

 Poir. in Lam. Enc, Suppl. IV (1816) p. 333, n. 26 et p. 334 

 inter spec. dub. ; DC. Prodr. I (1824) p. 607, n. 39; Spreng. 

 Syst. II (1825) p. 250, n. 28; Camb. in Mem. Mus. dJHist. 

 nat. XVIII (1829) p. 23; Don Gen. Syst. I (1831) p. 662, 

 n. 36; Radlk. in Monogr. Serj. (1874—75) p. 71 n. 34 etc. et 

 in Monogr. Paull. (1895—96) p. 228, n. 53. 



Rami thyrsigeri dianietro 3,5—5 mm. Foma 20 — 30 cm longa, fere 

 totidem lata; foliola 10 — 14 cm longa (lateralia infima pleruiuque multo 

 minora}, sicca e viridi plus minus fuscescentia; petiolus communis 4 ad 

 12 cm lougus, teretiusculus, glaber, supra bisulcatus; rhacheos alae in 

 segmento supremo 1 — 2,5 mm utrinque latae; stipulae fere 2 cm longae, 

 1 cm latae, extus pulverulento-tomenlellae. Thyrsi sessiles vel pednn- 

 culati; rhachi diametro 1,5- -3 mm, tomento brevissimo fusco ferrugineo 

 induti, laxius cinciunigeri ; bracteae 3— 4 mm longae; pedicelli breves. 

 Flores albi (Richard). Skim la duo exteriora dimidiam interiorum partem 

 aequantia, iuteriora coriacea, circ. 4 mm longa. Petala ovalia; squamae 

 cristis adjectis duas petalorum tertias aequantes, margine villosae, supe- 

 riores crista breviore emargiuata vel obcordata glabra appendiceque deilexa 

 barbata dimidiam squamae partem aequante instructae. Tori glaudulae 

 magnae, late ovatae, glabrae, fusco-nigrae. Staminum filamenta complanata, 

 pilis albidulis superne lougioribus dense vestita; antherae glabrae. Capsula 

 miniata (Burchell), stipite 8—9 mm longo adjecto 1,5—2 cm longa. 



In Guiana gallica nee non in Brasiliae provincia Para; L. CI. 

 Richard! (in sylvis flurii Para; Hb. Franquev.); idem? (Para; Rb. Paris.); 

 Burchell n. 9622! (prope urbem Para; Bb. Hook., Mart.); idem n. 9979?! 

 9987—3?! (ibid. m. Dec. 1829! anne haec specimina ad Paull. pacbycarpam 

 Benth. recensenda, ulterius inquirendum, cum scribenti mifti ad manus 

 non sint). 



31. PAULLINIA PACHYCARPA Benth. scandens, 

 fruticosa; rami subtrilateri vel subteretes, juniores suft'errugineo- 

 tomentelli, mox glabrati, lenticellosi ; corpus lignosum simplex; 

 folia impari-pinnata, 3-juga, jugo infimo ternato; foliola nunc 

 subelliptica, nunc oblonga, in acumen obtusum protracta, basi 

 terminale longiuscule attenuatum, lateralia acutiuscula vel 

 subrotundata, omnia sessilia, remote serrato-dentata, raro sub- 

 integerrima, coriaceo-chartacea, transversim venosa, utrinque 

 glabra et subopaca, glandulis microscopicis subscutatis foveolis 

 immersis crebris obsita, punctis lineolisque pellucidis sat 

 crebris notata, reti utriculorum laticiferorum interrupto sub- 

 pellucido obscurove subtus instructs, staurenchymate fibris 

 percurso, epidermide non mucigera; petiolus rhachisque alata; 



Sapind. 



stipularum cicatrices latae, semiamplexicaules ; thyrsi solitarii 

 vel paniculatim congesti, robustiores, cincinnis longius bre- 

 viusve stipitatis plus minus contractis ; bracteae bracteolaeque 

 majores; flores magni, sepalis canescenti-tomentellis, 3. et 5. 

 fere usque ad apicem connatis; capsula globosa, longius bre- 

 viusve stipitata, extus velutino-tomentella, intus pubescens, 

 pericarpio crasso ; semen subtrigonum vel subhemisphaericum, 

 totum praeter aream dorsalem parvam subrhombeam vel 

 orbicularem spadiceam nitidam (perperam a Benth. 1. infra c. 

 „hilum" dictam arillo obtectum. 



Paullinia pachycarpa Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. Ill 

 (1851) p. 196; Walp. Ann. IV (1857) p. 377; Radlk. in 

 Monogr. Serj. (1874—75) p. 74, n. 110 etc. et in Monogr. 

 Paull (1895—96) p. 228, n. 54. 



Rami thyrsigeri diametro 3—5 mm. Folia 15—40 cm longa, fere 

 totidem lata ; foliola 6—20 cm longa (lateralia infima minora), sicca sub- 

 viridia vel fuscescentia, petiolus communis 3 — 12 cm longus, rhacheos 

 segmenta plus diinidio breviora, petioli rhacheosque alae 1 — 2 mm utrinque 

 latae. Thyrsi sessiles vel pedunculati, 15 — 30 cm longi, tomentelli, laxe 

 cincinnigeri; bracteae elliptico-lanceolatae, 4— 6 mm longae; pedicelli breves. 

 Flores albi (Spruce). Sepala duo exteriora dimidiam interiorum partem 

 aequantia, interiora 5 mm longa, subcoriacea. Pktala 7 mm longa, ovali- 

 oblonga; squamae cristis adjectis petala aequantes, margiue villosae, su- 

 periores crista lougiore circ. tertiaiu squamae partem aequante profunde 

 bifida appendiceque defiexa vix mediam squamae partem attingente barbata 

 instructae. Tori glaudulae sat magnae, ovatae, superne glabrae, fuscidulae. 

 Staminum filamenta compressiuscula, pilis albis longioribus dense vestita; 

 antherae glabrae. Capsula rubicunda (Spruce), stipite 5 — 15 mm longo 

 adjecto 1,5— 3 cm longa. Seminis testa sat crassa, in parte libera spadicea, 

 ceterum arillo deraso cauesceus; arillus siccus atro-fuscus. 



In Brasiliae provinciis l J ard, Goyaz et Alto Amazonas, nee non in 

 Noro-Granata : In Brasilia: Martius! (in sylvis ad jluvium Solimoes, 

 m. Nov., jior.; in sylvis Japurensibus m. Dec, fior.; Hb. Monac.) ; Weddell 

 n. 2480! (ad ripas Jiuminis Bio dos Tocantins, prov. Goyaz, m. Aug. ad 

 Sept. 1844, fruct. brevius stipitati; Hb. Paris); Spruce n. 411! (Santarem, 

 prov. Para, m. Nov. 1849, fruct.; Hb. Benth., Franquev. etc), n. 968! (ibid., 

 m. Jul. 1850, fior. et fruct. juven.). — In N.-Granata: Karsten! (Apiai, 

 Llano de San Martin; Hb. Vindob.). 



32. PAULLINIA PLATYMISCA Radlk. scandens, 

 fruticosa; rami basi subteretes, apice subtrigoni, leviter multi- 

 striati, e pulverulento-puberulo glabrati ; corpus lignosum sim- 

 plex ; folia 5-foliolato-pinnata, petiolo rhachique late (in foliis 

 inferioiibus latissime) alata; foliola elliptica vel sublanceolata, 

 obtusa vel subfalcatim acuminata, basi subacuta petiolulis 

 perbrevibus insidentia, integerrima nee nisi inferiora basi 

 extus dente unico obsoleto instructa, membranaceo-chartacea, 

 vix nitidula, reti venarum laxo obsoleto, glabra nee nisi 

 subtus in axillis nervorum subfoveolatis pilosa, glandulis 

 microscopicis orbiculari-subscutatis immersis supra subtusque 

 obsita, punctis pellucidis parvis nee non subtus reti utri- 

 culorum laticiferorum obscuro instructa, staurenchymate fibris 

 percurso, epidermide non mucigera e cellulis margine valde 

 sinuatis exstructa; stipulae (e cicatricibus relictis) sat con- 

 spicuae; thyrsi — (non visi, nisi in cirros axillares apice 

 biramosos conversi). 



Paidlinia platymma Radlk. in Monogr. Paull. (1895 — 96) 

 p. 229, n. 55. 



„Truncus funiformis, 4—5 pollices crassus, arbores altissimas 

 scandens" (Burchell). Rami diametro 4—5 mm, cortice e subfusco 



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